Never the less, he is right. It's highly unlikely that Bowie would let EMI reissue that album (especially as ChangesOne remains unrereleased). However, it is possible it's being reissued on some cheapo label, using older masters (ryko or the originals). A similar thing was done in 2003 when some label whose names escapes me right now reissued Tonight and NLMD using the masters of the 1995 reissues, but dropping the bonus tracks. Something similar might be afoot here.